Grate-basket



P. F. SEMONIN.

GRATE BASKET.

APPLICATION FILED own. 1920.

1,385,931. Patented July 26, 1921.

PATENT OFFICE.

' PAUL F. SElVIONIN, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKSL GRATE-BASKET.

Application filed December 17, 1920. Serial No. 431,472. I

T 0 all whom z't may concern Be it known that I, PAUL F. SEMONIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grate- Baskets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to improvements'in grate baskets and it more particu larly resides in the provision of removable side Walls for the grate basket in order that the same may be convertible for use with coal or logs of varying lengths In accordance with commercial practices at present prevailing, grate baskets are made in two forms, either with side walls for use with coal or without side walls to receive logs, some of whichare of a greater length than the basket and consequently could not be properly received therein in case of a basket provided with permanent side walls,

It is an object of the invention to provide removable side walls of such a character that they may be easily withdrawn and replaced and which form a'simple and inexpensive construction.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view-of an improved grate basket constructed according 1 with the front and rear walls to form an 111- to the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view there through Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan view of the basket with its side wall removed; and

Fig. 4t is a perspective view of the improved removable side wall.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the legs which support the bottom 2 of the grate basket at an elevation above the hearth or fireplace in which the same is adapted to be placed.

The bottom 2 of the basket is slotted or perforated in accordance with any suitable construction or design and carries front and rear walls composed of upright spaced apart bars 3 having slots or spaces 4: theres between and connected at their upper ends by rails or flanges 5.

The removable side walls are of a similar construction to the front and rear walls in the embodiment illustrated, but it will of course be understood that they may be made in accordance with any suitable design.

In Fig. 4: is shown one of the side walls as comprising vertically extending bars 6 adapted to rest on the bottom and connected at their upper ends by a rail 7 The end bar 8 is of substantially greater width than the intermediate bars 6 and expands upwardly by virtue of the inclined edge construction of the side wall which corresponds to the inclination given to the front and rear walls of the grate basket.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 26, 1921. I

Within the inclined end of the side wall at which the bar 8 is located is made a recess 9 open at its lower end and closed by the rail '7 at its top portion. The opposite end furthermore provided with a pair of curved lugs 11 which extend inwardly into the' basket and outwardly beyond the edge of the side wall and into the adjacent slot i of the rear wall.

The front and rear walls are provided with ribs 12 arranged to be received into the recesses 9 of the side walls and, as indicated in Fig. 3, these ribs are preferably of a substantially triangular form in cross section having sloping sides to facilitate the engagement of the side wall therewith and to permit ready sliding of the side wall into place.

In use, the side walls when in place coact closed basket on all sides so that a coal bed may be built therein and confined in place because of the nature of this fuel.

Moreover, the basket is to all appearances, of the usual form and construction of a coal basket having permanently closed side walls. Should, however, an occasion require that the grate basket be utilized to hold logs or wood fuel, then the ends may be readily removed to permit of. the side walls of the logs projecting beyond the basket.

In putting the side walls of the grate basket into place, this operation will be percarrying the recess 9 is allowed to slip down over the rib 12 until the bars 6. rest upon the grate bottom. The side wall is removed by first lifting the end with the recess 9 and finally revolving the opposite end of the side wall so as to withdraw the lugs 11 fro the slot 4.

It will be appreciated fromthe foregoing that I have provided an improved grate basket convertible conveniently and quickly either for use in the burning of coal or logs and which will be useful for all of the purposes for which both closed and open sided baskets have been heretofore employed.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be more fully describedhereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

What is claimed is: p v V 1. An improved grate basket. comprising a slotted bottom, legs supporting'the bottom,

front and rear walls each composed of apart bars having their lower ends adapted to rest upon the bottom when in place, rails connecting the upper ends of said last mentioned bars, the end bars of said side walls being tapered at theiredges to conform to the flaring conformation of the front and rear walls, one of the tapering end bars of each sidewall being provided with a vertically elongated recess therein open at its bottom and being closed by the rail at the top, a pair of spaced apart curved lugs extending from the other end bar of each side wall inwardly of the grate and beyond the edge of the side wall Wherebyto be received in one of the" slots of the front and rear walls, and inclined ribs of substantially tri- I for the basket adapted to removably engage between the end portions of the front and rear walls, said front and'rear walls having slots near their ends, lugs extending from the inner portions of said side walls and adapted to removably engage in the slots re 'spectively in said front and rear walls, the

end of eachside wall opposite to the lugs being provided with a recess, and ribs on the front and rear walls adapted to slidingly receive the recesses in said side wallsfsubstantially as described.

3. An improved grate basket comprising a bottom supported at an elevation and pro.- vided with front and rear walls, removable side walls each having a recess therein at one end, said recess being open atits bottom and closed at its top, ribs on the front and rear walls'adapted to slidingly receive said recesses when the side walls are lowered in place, and means at the unrecesscd ends of the side walls for cooperating with the'front and rear walls to secure said side walls in place, substantiall as described 41. An improvec grate basket comprising a bottom provided with means to support it atan elevation, front and rear walls rising from said bottom, removable side walls fitted between the ends of said front and rear walls and adapted to rest upon the bottom, said side walls'provided with means 

